8-year-old injured from zipline fall at Anne Arundel County camp
BALTIMORE -- An 8-year-old was injured in a fall from a zipline at a camp Saturday afternoon in Anne Arundel County, according to the fire department.
The child fell about 12 feet to the ground around 2:30 p.m. at Camp Letts in Edgewater.
The girl was breathing after approximately a 12-foot fall before she was flown to Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, a spokesperson said.
Camp Letts is a camp that is run by the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington.
A spokesperson said a private event was held by an outside organization that had been using the camp, and an outside vendor set up the zipline.
"The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington has been informed that an attendee of a private event held by an outside organization was injured while on the YMCA Camp Letts Retreat Center property," a spokesperson said in a statement. "It was reported to the YMCA that a juvenile guest fell while using an outside vendor's zipline set up specifically for the event. The Y sends prayers for the individual's full recovery."